Cigarette holder



. Feb. 2, 1932. HElN 1,843,225

0 IGARETTE HOLDER Filed June 24, 1929 INVENTORZ BY I A TORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 2, 1932 PATENT OFFIE GEORGE N. HEIN, OF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA CIGARETTE HOLDER Application filed June 24, 1929. Serial No.373,079.

This invention relates to smokers articles, such as cigarette holders,pipes and the like.

It is the principal object of the present invention to generally improvedevices of the character referred to, whereby to provide a cleaner andmore convenient means for smoking tobacco, particularly cigarettes, andto enable the smoker to keep his hands practically free from nicotinestains and odors.

In carrying out the invention into practice I embody the presentinvention in several forms, so that the smoker may have the option ofsmoking directly off the cigarette, or through an intermediate stem. Inthe latter form the holder or bowl portion and the stem are separable atthe junction thereof. This enables the stem to be used to cleanse theholder or bowl portion of-particles of tobacco or other residue whichtends to clog the passageway.

The invention is exemplified in the following description, and it isillustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cigaretteholder having a stem and bowlor holder portion, which are separable at their junction;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the device disclosed in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, Ihave there illustrated a cigarette holder comprising a bowl or holderportion 10 having a cylindrical socket 11 to receive the end of thecigarette. The bore of the cylinder 11 is slightly constricted at thepoint indicated by the numeral 12 so as to form an air-tight seal byfirm contact with the cigarette when the latter is inserted therein.This minimum contact and the fact that the walls of the cylinder areparallel, do not interfere with the draw of the cigarette, and alsoeliminate the necessity of tapering and compressing the cigarette endwhen inserting it into the holder.

At the end of the bowl portion 10, opposite the cylinder 11, the bowlportion is formed with a stem guide 14 which is integrally joined withthe cylinder 11 by a tapered section 15. Separately united with the bowlor holder 10 is a stem 16 formed with an enlarged conical end 17, and atthe opposite end a bit 18. The tapered end 17 forms the inner end of thebowl and coincides with the bore of the tapered section 15 of theholder, so that it will snugly rest therein as illustrated in Fig. 2.This connection between the bowl and stem enables the two parts to bereadily separated for the sake of inter changeability or cleaning, andalso enables the stem to be rotated and reciprocated relative to thebowl 10 for the purpose of ejecting cigarettes from the bowl 10 and forcleaning the latter.

The cleaning operation is produced by revolving the stem andreciprocating it through the bowl so as to eject any particles oftobacco or other residue which may lodge in the bowl. It is obvious thatthe device just described provides convenient means for smoking tobaccoin the form of cigarettes, and will keep the smokers hands practicallyfree from nicotine stains. Further, by making the stem and bowlseparable, the parts may be readily cleaned. This assures a dry smoke,due to the fact that it will prevent over-stimulating salivaryconditions, caused by sluggish draft. The features of this constructionmay be readily embodied in a pipe if desired, by merely substituting apipe bowl for that illustrated.

I desire to call attention to the cooling chamber between the end of thecigarette and the end of the bowl. This insures that the smoke will coolbefore passing through the stem. From the foregoing it is obvious that Ihave provided a cigarette holder which enables the smoker to have theoption of smoking directly off the cigarette or through an intermediatestem. All of the devices here disclosed enable the smoker to keep hishands free from stain and odor.

It is also evident from the drawings that the parts of the holder may bekept clean, and that the draft through the cigarette will be unimpaired,so as to insure a dry smoke.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a bowl having acylindrical end to receive the end of a cigarette, a stem guide at theother end of the bowl of a diameter smaller than the bowl, a taperedportion conneoting the stem guide to the cylindrical portion, a stemreciprocable through the stern, guide and having a tapered portionwithln' the bowl fitting the tapered portion of the latter and formingthe base of the bowl, said stem being reciprocably mounted in the guide,and a restricted portionin the'bowl to limit the reciprocal movement ofthe same therein.

2. A cigarette holder of the character described comprising acylindrical bowl, a flared end on the bowl for receiving a cigarette, arestricted portion in the bowl adjacent the flared end to cause thecigarette to be firmly engaged in the bowl, and a reciprocable stemmounted in the opposite end of the bowl adapted to be used as amouthpiece or as an ejector for the cigarette, said re st-ricted portioncooperating with the stem to prevent its removal from the bowl when itis used as an ejector.

' GEORGE N. HEINM

